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Ch.6 Human Biosphere

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show Agriculture  
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Farming strategy in which large fields are planted with a single crop, year after year   show
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Development of highly productive crop strains and the use of modern agricultural techniques to increase yields of food crops   show
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show Renewable resources  
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Resources that cannot be replenished by natural processes   show
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Way of using natural resources without depleting them and of providing for human needs without causing long-term environmental harm   show
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show Soil erosion  
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show Desertification  
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Destruction of forests   show
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show Aquaculture  
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Mixture of chemicals that occurs as a gray-brown haze in the atmosphere   show
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show Pollutant  
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show Acid rain  
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The sum total of the genetically based variety of all organisms in the biosphere   show
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Variety of habitats, communities, and ecological processes in the living world   show
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Number of different species I the biosphere   show
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The sum total of all the different forms of genetic information carried by all organisms   show
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show Extinction  
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Species whose population size is declining in a way that places it in danger of extinction   show
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Splitting of ecosystems into small fragments   show
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Process in which concentrations of harmful substance increase in organisms at higher trophic levels Ina food chain or food web   show
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show Invasive species  
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show Conservation  
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show Ozone layer  
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Increase in the average temperatures on Earth   show
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